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1.Acontainercontains40litresofmilk.Fromthiscontainer4litresofmilkwastakenout
andreplacedbywater.Thisprocesswasrepeatedfurthertwotimes.Howmuchmilkis
nowcontainedbythecontainer?
A.26litres
B.29.16litres
C.28litres
D.28.2litres
B.Rs.170.5
C.Rs.175.50
D.Rs.180
B.7litres,4litres
C.6litres,6litres
D.4litres,8litres
B.4:3
C.9:7
D.7:9
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mixedvarietyofmaterial?
A.Rs.19
B.Rs.16
C.Rs.18
D.Rs.17
B.3:4
C.2:3
D.3:2
B.26litres
C.24litres
D.32litres
4
3
C.
3
2
B.
D.
3
4
2
3
B.63kg
C.58kg
D.56kg
B.8:7
C.6:7
D.76
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11.InwhatratiomustteaworthRs.60perkgbemixedwithteaworthRs.65akgsuch
thatbysellingthemixtureatRs.68.20akg,therecanbeagain10%?
A.3:2
B.2:3
C.4:3
D.3:4
B.21
C.19
D.17
1
3
C.
1
5
B.
D.
1
4
1
6
B.2:2
C.1:2
D.3:1
B.2:1
C.3:1
D.1:3
B.2:1
C.3:7
D.7:3
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B.400
C.600
D.500
B.20%
C.22%
D.24%
19.Inwhatratiomustwaterbemixedwithmilktogain16
2
%
onsellingthemixtureat
costprice?
A.6:1
B.1:6
C.1:4
D.4:1
B.2:1
C.3:2
D.4:3
B.52kg
C.44kg
D.49kg
B.2litre
C.1litre
D.3litre
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23.Wehavea630mlmixtureofmilkandwaterintheratio7:2.Howmuchwatermust
beaddedtomaketheratio7:3?
A.70ml
B.60ml
C.80ml
D.50ml
B.20%
C.30%
D.33%
B.30
C.36
D.28
B.1400kg
C.1600kg
D.800kg
2
litre
3
C.6
B.4
1
litre
3
2
litre
D.6litre
B.Rs.2200
C.Rs.2000
D.Rs.1800
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29.In1kgmixtureofironandmanganese,20%ismanganese.Howmuchironshouldbe
addedsothattheproportionofmanganesebecomes10%
A.1.5kg
B.2kg
C..5kg
D.1kg
B.Rs.8
C.Rs.16
D.Rs.20
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Sundeep 1yearago
Answeris3.4%
first4%of6is6/25
Afterthemixture6+1=7
Concentrationofsugarissame
letxbethepercentwehavetofind
so,x%of7is6/25
Aftersolvingthisequationyouwillget3.4%
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viksabansal 1yearago
Suppose6000mlandsugaris4%.
Sosugaris240outofnewmixture7000
so$\dfrac{240}{7000}100=3.42\%$
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Raj 1yearago
6litresofsugarsolutioncontains$\dfrac{64}{100}=0.24$litreofsugar
quantityofwater=$\dfrac{696}{100}=5.76$
Afteraddingonelitreofwater,itsquantitybecomes6.76
Requiredpercentageofsugar=$\dfrac{0.24100}{0.24+6.76}=\dfrac{24}
{7}=3.42\%$
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Blanco 1yearago
Twovesselscontainmixtureofmilkandwaterintheratio5:1and9:1.Theyaremixed
togetherintheratio1:5.Findtheratioofmilkandwaterinthefinalmixture.
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Raj 1yearago
Concentrationofmilkinthesevesselswillbe5/6and9/10.
quantityofmilkin1litreoffirstvessel=1*5/6=5/6
quantityofmilkin5litresofsecondvessel=5*9/10=9/2
quantityofmilkin6litresofthemixture=5/6+9/2=32/6
quantityofwater=632/6=4/6
Requiredratio=32/6:4/6=8:1
sam 10monthsago
@shefali,totalquantiyis6litreinwhichquantityofmilkis32/6.
Hence632/6isthequantityofwater
shefali 10monthsago
How632/6pleaseexplain
bilu 1yearago
Amountusedtopurchase1litreofhoneycanbeusedtopurchase3lofmilkor5lofwater.
Totalamountspentis1530whatwillbetheamtspentonhoneyifthetotalamtisspentto
purchaseequalvolumesofhoneyandwateronly.
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Raj 1yearago
Letcostof1litreofhoney=x
Costof5litreofwater=x.=>Costof1litreofwater=x/5
Costof1litreofhoney:Costof1litreofwater=x:x/5=5:1
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ie,amountshouldbeintheration5:1topurchaseequalquantityofhoneyandwater
Amountspentonhoney=1530*5/6=Rs.1275
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Ratan 1yearago
Howmanykilogramsofsugarmustbeaddedto20kilogramsof20%solutionofsugarand
watertoincreasetheconcentrationofsugarto50%ofsolution?
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